摘要
The Silk Road was never a single line on a map but a network of overland routes and maritime paths through which remedies,recipes,and practitioners constantly moved.Together,the 11 articles in this special issue,“Traditional Chinese Medicine on the Silk Road”,demonstrate that traditional Chinese medicine(TCM)abroad was not just exported;it was adapted,debated,standardized,and sometimes transformed through contact with Middle Eastern,Southeast Asian,and African medical traditions.
